Love the Lord Thru Evangelism, Missions & Service - Audio

In John 15, Jesus tells His disciples to abide in Him. This instruction comes with the promises that if we abide in Christ, then like a branch on a vine, we will bear much fruit, and we will be pruned so that we can bear even more. As we conclude our sermon series on the Lord's prayer, we are encouraged to use the Lord's prayer not as a ritual, but as a means of spending time with God.

When Jesus' disciples asked Him how they should pray, He taught them with a model prayer. In this prayer, Jesus said that we should pray, "and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." (Matthew 6:13) In today's message, Pastor Phil teaches about the kinds of temptations we will often face and how to resist in the time of temptation. And when we recognize that we have failed and given into temptation, we have confidence in Jesus Christ that we can come immediately before the throne of grace and ask forgiveness.

Jesus instructed us to pray our heavenly Father would forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. In today's message, Pastor John explores 5 major questions about forgiveness. We forgive because we have been forgiven.

When Jesus taught the disciples how to pray, He began with the words, "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your Name." From this beginning, we can learn about our relationship with God. In today's message, Pastor John teaches that these words remind us how we are part of God's family, that we are invited to an intimate relationship with God, that our God is sovereign King, and that remembering Who God is changes our priorities in prayer.

When Jesus instructed the disciples on how to pray, He not only gave them a model prayer, but also instructed them in the way that they should pray. In today's message, Pastor Phil explore Jesus' instructions, and encourages us to pray with the right motives, to pray in a way that brings your focus and attention to the Lord, and to pray with God in mind.

In 1 Thessalonians 4, we read the encouraging promise that one day, Jesus will return, and all who have fallen asleep in Christ will live again. In today's message, Pastor Phil explores the promises of Christ's return, and reminds us that we should live with a sense of expectation.

In today's message, Larry High reminds us of the gospel truth that once we were enemies of God in our sin, but that Jesus died to reconcile us to God, and through faith in Him, we have eternal life. And we may have assurance of our salvation, because that salvation is dependent on the person who has atoned for our sins, Jesus Christ.

Jesus' birth was at just the right time theologically, religiously, culturally, politically. In today's message, Pastor Phil reminds us that God's timing is best--and that when the set time had fully come, God sent His Son.

After the book of Malachi, there are 400 years where the nation of Israel does not hear from God. But at just the right time, Jesus the Messiah was born in Bethlehem. In today's message, Pastor John explores the time period leading up to the advent of Jesus.

The Israelites were crying out that God was allowing injustice to go unpunished. God promised he would come with righteousness. As we wrap up the series, we revisited the theme, Return to Me. God invites the Israelites to return to him and restore their relationship.